Buffet Bernard ( 1928 - 1999 ) was a French painter. A precocious child, he was admitted to the National School of Fine Arts at the age of 15. Introduced to collectors by the painter Aujame, he received the Prix de la Critique at the age of 20. Bernard BUFFET is a master of miserabilism who has a place in the greatest museums. In Japan, a museum has even been entirely dedicated to him in Higashi